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January 19, 2013

Save time with quarterly tax installments for corporations

Corporations who are what I call ‘good corporate citizens’ can apply to pay taxes in installments, rather than monthly. This reduces the monthly hassles and allows the cash set aside for taxes  to be kept in the bank for longer. To be eligible, the corporation must: -have a perfect compliance (reporting) history (recent 12 months). This means all forms of federal taxes: Income Tax, HST, payroll (CPP and EI) -earned under $500,000 per year (corporation and associated corporations) -has less than $10 million in taxable capital (i.e. assets) -claimed the small business deduction (for corporations under $500,000 in revenue) for this […]
December 6, 2012

All Startup Companies Should Register for HST

Normally, companies with less than $30,000 in revenue do not have to register for HST. However, there is one benefit: Input Tax Credits (ITC). Basically Startups have to pay HST on purchases (‘Input Tax’). The CRA will give a refund (ITC) on those input taxes (HST on purchases) to any registered company. For more information: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gp/rc4022/rc4022-12-10e.pdf HST Registration checklist: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/gst-tps/rgstrng/chcklst/menu-eng.html